All the tomatoes are full grown and one has actually turned to ash from being in the full sun. Of the 6 remaining, two I have just given over to the birds, tired of the fight. The other four are producing, one really well, although splitting and cracking is an issue. Must say, though, that it usually is an issue just before the Monsoons arrive. The smallest, a grape (or is it globe), is really putting out. I’m giving most of these away….trading them for goat poop to go in my compost pile. They aren’t my favorite and I have lots to contend with.
The watermelon has given me 5 melons so far, good ones, but a bit tattered my the rabbits and the dratted birds….is there nothing that they won’t eat?
The artichoke is struggling with it’s last blooms. The chokes I allowed to bloom were beautiful purple and big. Good for bees, and no rabbit seems interested in it now that it’s burnt up and woody. I’m replacing it with something winter growing….what? It’s a good emitter, even if it is in an unprotected location.
Have killed 4 rattlesnakes, was visited by one king snake and then killed same king snake at a later date when he got badly tangled in the bird netting. Only silver lining to that was that his “smell” deters the crafty cactus wrens from stealing from that tomato plant, (how long is anybody’s guess). So goes the fight at my Summer Tomato Farm. Can’t wait for the monsoons when everything revives and the bell peppers actually begin their best efforts.
Having any good luck on the East side. How goes the compost?